[AnotherUnixGeek]

Traditional diplomat Nicholas Burns, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, says “The president treated the NATO allies almost with contempt.” Delete “almost” and Burns has it right.

More good news about Trump's actions in office - our so-called NATO allies deserve nothing but contempt. The American taxpayer has been picking up the tab for their defense for decades, while these decadent nations have indulged in socialist nonsense and presumed to criticize and condescend to the nation that rescued them from ruin and Communist tyranny. The free ride is coming to an end, and the sophisticates of Western Europe are being devoured by the Islamists they've imported - couldn't happen to a nicer set of Eloi.

[Alberta's Child]

NATO wasn't really created to defend Western Europe from the Soviets. It was created to justify a permanent U.S. military occupation of Western Europe.

The U.S. would be perfectly fine if Germany spent 0% of its GDP on defense ... but not if they're buying energy from the Russians. They have to become a vassal state of the U.S. if they don't want to defend themselves.